Jon Joseph

And one of the 'BYU 5' was Utah. Yet, BYU just lost to a 4L Sun Belt team?

AMEN! Comparing the stats Brown put up in the ACC with those Nix put up in the SEC is sour apples vs perfectly ripe oranges.

Great post. Bo has 2 years of eligibility remaining. Ty Thompson or any of the young QBs can transfer if they like and regardless, after 2 years if they are good enough they can go pro. And I dislike saying it but if Ty or any other young QB was 'a thoroughbred' good one of them certainly should have been able to beat out Brown. In his freshman season Nix went 9-4 and defeated Oregon and Alabama among others. BTW, when I see Nix' career stats compared to Brown's I have to LOL. Compare the competition Nix played against in the SEC with that Brown played against in the ACC? Nix was constantly playing against better guys on D than was Brown. Unlike Brown, Nix has started and won more than a single game vs a top 25 team. Get used to the idea that QB recruiting today is going to be focused as much as or more so on the portal than on HS players. In the portal, you have seen a guy play in college and once he transfers to your program he cannot transfer again without sitting out a year.

Thanks Charles. But I am depressed with CFB in general. Let's face it, NIL is play for pay and is clearly being used a recruiting inducement. Free agency is controlled in the NFL, not in CFB. Not to pick on one team but Brian Kelly quit on Notre Dame when Notre Dame was still in contention for a Final 4 spot. BTW, the best Notre Dame RB and the best Notre Dame player on D, have opted out of the Fiesta Bowl. Back in the day if your brothers were playing in one of the biggest bowl games of the year and you quit on the team? You not only would have been roundly criticized, you would have been ostracized. You could see this coming with the BCS. When the SEC commissioner convinced his fellows that CFB needed 1 unified champion. The game went national. The game was top to bottom monetized. The game became almost completely controlled by a single media cartel. The SEC went form being just a conference to being king. The Rose Bowl went from the IT bowl game to mattering once every three seasons. Today, Money clearly trumps any idea of loyalty and team brotherhood. There is no 'me' in team? How about there is no such thing as "team.?' It is all about "me." Fans? The fanatics who show up and pay the bills? If you have a problem, call my agent. As for me? I plead guilty. The team went 11-2 and is playing Oklahoma in a bowl game. And I'm unhappy?

A rookie who besides beating Oregon beat Bama in the Iron Bowl and was the SEC rookie of the year.

Shough didn't defeat both Oregon and Alabama his freshman season as did Bo Nix. As a true frosh Nix went 9-4 in the SEC. Nix has 3 games under his belt vs Georgia. Lanning has plenty of familiarity with Nix and apparently likes what he has seen. We'll see how it works out but Nix has 2 seasons of eligibility left. Fentress comparing Nix to Brown? Nix faced far better competition in the SEC than Brown did in the ACC and unlike Brown, he has started and won more than 1 game vs a top 25 ranked opponent. Do not sell this guy and his big game experience short. Nothing he will see on the field in the Pac-12 will come close to the athletes he has played against for 3 seasons in the SEC. Nothing he will hear from the fans at conference away games will come close to the stadiums where he has played in the SEC He's the only guy on the roster who has played Georgia. Not once but thrice. IMO, he is a better pick up than Gabriel at UCLA and Penix at UW.

Nix has 2 years of eligibility left. He could start in 2022 and 2023. Recall the 2020 season did not count against any player's eligibility. In 2020 Nix started 10 games, all against SEC competition. At that time he was playing for Gus Malzahn. Nix held onto the job in 2021 competing against a highly ranked frosh QB.

Nix was having a very good season at Auburn under Harsin before he was hurt. He was having his best season and his completion numbers were way up. He has played big time ball against the best schools in the SEC. UGA is on Auburn's schedule every season. He is far more athletic than Brown. I'm happy to see this. Not one of the younger QBs could beat out journeyman Brown. Dillingham knows him. Dillingham Has watched film, I'm certain, of the 3 young QBs in the room. If nothing else, if a youngster steps up this is great insurance and having used the one free transfer Nix will not be moving on.

Lions and Tiger and Bears, oh my!

Great stuff. I honestly wonder how Mullens stays employed. Especially when he went after both the UGA and A+M AD jobs. The bowl game 'strategy?' How hard are players going to put out for a coach that they know is gone after the bowl game? 3 Stooges is perfect. Mullens should be there as the 4th stooge.

Thanks Charles. Are the new hires able to immediately start recruiting and working the portal for the Ducks?

The new COVID derivative is wrecking havoc with CFB basketball games being cancelled, basketball team practices being cancelled and has altered the schedule of a number of NFL games. San Diego State played Utah State for the MW title with many the SDS player being unable to play due to COVID. I wonder if any big bowl games will be cancelled or played in empty stadiums? Even more empty than the stands have been for these JV bowl games. Is the Pac-12 COVID testing protocol still in place?

With the way Omicron is spreading one wonders if bowls will be canceled or played with no fans in the stands?

Utah State made the Beavs OL look like Swiss cheese. MW now 2-0 in its bowls. Big game this week when San Diego State plays UTSA. UT ST won the title game but SDS had a lot of guys out for testing positive for COVID.

I do wish Lanning was here full time as of now. You cannot serve two masters. Lanning has done a very good job at UGA but the guy truly in charge of the D is Kirby Smart who was Saban's DC at Bama before returning to his alma mater as HC. Is anyone paying attention to the portal? How many hours can Lanning put into getting more recruits signed on in February? And Mullens? How in the heck can you allow a guy who is probably off to Miami and refuses to re-commit to Oregon, to serve as the HC for the bowl game? THIS = amateur hour.

That's gross dollars correct? Not what Oregon after expenses will net, right?

SPOT ON! Is Mullens really THIS clueless? Does either team want to play this game? The Playoff has created a system where 3 postseason games matter. BTW, Burmeister is in the portal. He wanted to play in the bowl game and Va Tech said: 'NO!'

Just another loss to a Mountain West team. Nothing to see here, move right along.

The Beavs? Is the Mountain West better than the Pac top to bottom? Fresno won its game today.

Saturday Down South, the site that covers the SEC in more detail than any other stated that UGA would not beat Bama if Daniels was not the QB. If Smart does not start Daniels vs Michigan I think it will show that Smart can get UGA to the precipice but not to a championship win.

Probably more the former than the later. But the result does perhaps prove that the BYU coach should not be the Oregon coach?

More $ with the SEC in, no doubt. But stop the nonsense that G5 teams other than Cincy this season have a chance at a PO spot and how much $ does the G5 being involved bring to the table? Go with The Run For The Roses as hypothesized and you have No. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12 in the 'playoff.' THIS would bring in plenty of bank without it Just Meaning More.

Honestly, great post. But cut loose or cut lose? And it's 6 years in CFB for AB.

? Final 4 teams get $6M. Where does this number come from? Maybe the game drops this amount on San Antonio but on Oregon?

Like the putative NCAA 16 team playoff, I am ceiling walking here. I have used the Committee's ultimate rankings and added the 'new B12' into The Alliance and into the equation. This format satisfies the ACC's desire to have no more than 8 teams in the run for a title. 8. Pitt - ACC at 1 Michigan - B1G - FOX 5. Baylor - AL at 4 Ohio State - AL - TNT 7 Utah - Pac-12 at 2 Cincinnati- B12 - CBS 6. Oklahoma State - AL at 3. Notre Dame - AL - NBC Semifinals - Atlanta and Las Vegas. Champ Game - Rose Bowl 5PM eastern on January 1st. As much money as having the SEC in the mix? No. But still a significant amount of $ and kiss Disney/ESPN good-bye.